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{{Infobox National Political Convention
| year          = 2000

| logo          = 2000 Republican National Convention Logo.jpg
| logo_size     = 74px
| party         = Republican
| image         = RP2000.png
| image_size    = 125
| image2        = RV2000.png
| image_size2   = 125
| caption       = Nominees <br> Bush and Cheney
| date          = July 31 &ndash; August 3, 2000
| venue         = [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|First Union Center]]
| city          = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| presidential_nominee      = [[George W. Bush]] of [[Texas]]
| vice_presidential_nominee = [[Dick Cheney]] of [[Wyoming]]
| ballots         = 1
| totaldelegates  = 2,066
| votesneeded     = 1,034
| presidenttotals = [[George W. Bush|Bush]] ([[Texas|TX]]): 2,058 (99.61%)<br>[[Alan Keyes|Keyes]] ([[Maryland|MD]]): 6 (0.29%)<br>[[John McCain|McCain]] ([[Arizona|AZ]]): 1 (0.05%)<br>[[Abstention]]: 1 (0.05%)
| previous_year   = 1996
| next_year       = 2004
|vicepresidenttotals=[[Dick Cheney|Cheney]] ([[Wyoming|WY]]): 100% ([[Acclamation]])}}
The '''2000 Republican National Convention''' convened at the [[First Union]] Center (now the [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|Wells Fargo Center]]) in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], from July 31 to August 3, 2000. The 2,066 delegates assembled at the [[Republican National Convention|convention]] nominated [[List of Governors of Texas|Texas Governor]] [[George W. Bush]] for [[President of the United States|president]] and former [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]] [[Dick Cheney|Richard B. "Dick" Cheney]] for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president.]]

==Background==
{{further|2000 United States presidential election}}
[[File:Wachovia Center, Philadelphia.jpg|thumb|The First Union Center, now known as the [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|Wells Fargo Center]], was the site of the 2000 Republican National Convention]]
Bush, eldest son of the [[George H. W. Bush|41st president]], was identified{{by who|date=February 2023}} early as the party establishment's frontrunner and turned back a strong primary challenge from [[John McCain]], a [[Vietnam War]] veteran and [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Arizona]]. At the convention, the party and campaign sought to showcase Bush's slogan of [[compassionate conservatism]] to persuade undecided voters.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

== Roll call vote ==

Instead of holding the roll call of states on one night, the Bush campaign arranged for the voting to take place over four nights, so that Bush would eventually build up support throughout the week, culminating with Cheney's home state of [[Wyoming]] finally putting him over the top on the final night. There were few defections, despite a large contingent of delegates having been elected to support McCain, who formally released them to Bush.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! colspan="3" | Republican National Convention presidential vote, 2000<ref name="TGP">{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/R.html |title=Republican Convention 2000 |access-date=2008-10-29 |publisher=The Green Papers| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081006231736/http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/R.html| archive-date= 6 October 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate
! style="width: 5em" |Votes
! style="width: 7em" |Percentage
|-
| '''[[George W. Bush]]'''
| align="right" | '''2,058'''
| align="right" | '''99.61%'''
|-
| [[Alan Keyes]]
| align="right" | 6
| align="right" | 0.29%
|-
| [[John McCain]]
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.05%
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
| align="right" | Abstentions
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0.05%
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
| align="right" | '''Totals'''
| align="right" | '''2,066'''
| align="right" | '''100.00%'''
|}

The convention then voted by [[acclamation]] to make the convention nomination unanimous. Cheney's nomination as vice president had also been approved by acclamation on Wednesday night, so Cheney could address the convention later that night as the official nominee.

==Cheney's acceptance speech==
Cheney's convention address was the first to include sustained attacks on Vice President [[Al Gore]], the presumptive Democratic nominee—whereas most of the speakers who came before him criticized the vice president only briefly, or without mentioning his name. (This was part of the Bush campaign's strategy to "change the tone" in national politics by moving beyond the division and bitterness of recent partisan discourse.) Cheney, however, was given latitude to lob various direct attacks on Clinton and Gore, and even reprised a line that Gore had used in his 1992 convention address attacking the first President Bush: "It is time for them to go."

This was the first vice-presidential acceptance speech in recent memory to be held the night before the presidential nominee's address. The standard practice at the time was for both nominees to give their speeches the same night. Cheney's speech began a tradition of vice-presidential nominees headlining their own night at the convention; two weeks later, at the Democratic convention, that party's vice-presidential nominee, [[Joe Lieberman]], also spoke on the third night as opposed to the final night.

==Bush's acceptance speech==
In his speech, Bush attacked the Clinton administration on defense and military topics, high taxes, underfunded schools, high pollution, and a lack of dignity and respect for the presidency. He attacked Clinton's military policies, claiming that American troops were "not ready for duty, sir." He also claimed the Clinton administration had failed to provide leadership, saying, "They've had their chance. They have not led. We will."

==Speakers==

===Day one: Monday, July 31===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Speaker
!Position/Notability
|-
|[[File:Colin Powell official Secretary of State photo (cropped).jpg|86x86px]]
|[[Colin Powell]]
|Former [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (1989-1993)
|-
|[[File:Elaine Chao official photo (cropped).jpg|80x80px]]
|[[Elaine Chao]]
|Former president of the [[United Way|United Way of America]] (1993-1996)
4th U.S. [[United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation|Deputy Secretary of Transportation]] (1989-1991)

Wife of U.S. Senator [[Mitch McConnell]] from [[Kentucky]]
|}
===Day two: Tuesday, August 1===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Speaker
!Position/Notability
|-
|[[File:McCain2 (1).jpg|79x79px]]
|[[John McCain]]
|U.S. Senator of [[Arizona]] (1987-2018)
[[John McCain 2000 presidential campaign|2000 Republican presidential candidate]]
|-
|[[File:NormanSchwarzkopf.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.]]
|Retired [[general]]
Allied Commander during the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]
|-
|[[File:Bob Dole, PCCWW photo portrait.JPG|78x78px]]
|[[Bob Dole]]
|Former U.S. Senator from [[Kansas]] (1969-1996)

1976 Vice presidential nominee 

1996 Presidential Nominee
|-
|[[File:George Pataki 2004 (cropped).jpg|79x79px]]
|[[George Pataki]]
|53rd [[Governor of New York]] (1995-2006)
|-
|[[File:Condoleezza Rice (cropped).jpg|78x78px]]
|[[Condoleezza Rice]]
|Professor of [[political science]] and former [[provost (education)|provost]] of [[Stanford University]]
|-
|[[File:Laura Bush (49094905773).jpg|78x78px]]
|[[Laura Bush]]
|40th [[First ladies and gentlemen of Texas|First Lady of Texas]] (1995-2000)
Wife of [[George W. Bush]]
|-
|[[File:Elizabeth Dole official photo.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Elizabeth Dole]]
|20th [[United States Secretary of Labor|U.S. Secretary of Labor]] (1989-1990)
8th U.S. [[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]] (1983-1987)

Wife of [[Bob Dole]]
|}
===Day three: Wednesday, August 2===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Speaker
!Position/Notability
|-
|[[File:Lynne Cheney official photo.jpg|80x80px]]
|[[Lynne Cheney]]
|Former chair of the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] (1986-1993)
Wife of [[Dick Cheney]]
|-
|[[File:46 Dick Cheney 3x4.jpg|79x79px]]
|[[Dick Cheney]]
|17th [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]] (1989-1993)
'''''Vice presidential nominee'''''
|}
===Day four: Thursday, August 3===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Speaker
!Position/Notability
|-
|[[File:Tom Ridge (cropped).jpg|76x76px]]
|[[Tom Ridge]]
|43rd [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] (1995-2001)
|-
|[[File:GeorgeWBush (1).jpg|80x80px]]
|[[George W. Bush]]
|46th [[Governor of Texas]] (1995-2000)
'''''Presidential nominee'''''
|}
===Other attendees===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Speaker
!Position/Notability
|-
|[[File:Henry Bonilla.jpg|77x77px]]
|[[Henry Bonilla]]
|U.S. Congressman of [[Texas's 23rd congressional district|TX-23]] (1993-2007)
|-
|[[File:Barbara Bush, official portrait (1992) (cropped).jpg|85x85px]]
|[[Barbara Bush]]
|Former [[First Lady of the United States]] (1989-1993)
Former [[Second ladies and gentlemen of the United States|Second Lady of the United States]] (1981-1989)
|-
|[[File:George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg|78x78px]]
|[[George H. W. Bush]]
|41st [[President of the United States]] (1989-1993)
|-
|[[File:George P. Bush crop.jpg|83x83px]]
|[[George P. Bush]]
|Son of Governor [[Jeb Bush]] of [[Florida]]
Nephew of [[George W. Bush]]
|-
|[[File:Andrew Card award crop.jpg|78x78px]]
|[[Andrew Card]]
|11th U.S. [[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]] (1992-1993)
Former [[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] (1988-1992)
|-
|[[File:Robert Conrad 1965.jpg|73x73px]]
|[[Robert Conrad]]
|[[Robert Conrad#Filmography|Actor]] (1952-2019)
|-
|[[File:Bo Derek 1998.jpg|78x78px]]
|[[Bo Derek]]
|[[Bo Derek#Politics|Actress]] (1973-present)
|-
|[[File:Jennifer Dunn.jpg|59x59px]]
|[[Jennifer Dunn]]
|Former Vice Chairwoman of the House Republican Conference (1997-1999)
U.S. Congresswoman of [[Washington's 8th congressional district|WA-08]] (1993-2005)
|-
|[[File:Gerald Ford (portrait) (cropped2).png|75x75px]]
|[[Gerald Ford]]
|38th [[President of the United States]] (1974-1977)
|-
|[[File:Bill Frist official photo (cropped).jpg|89x89px]]
|[[Bill Frist]]
|U.S. Senator from [[Tennessee]] (1995-2007)
|-
|[[File:Chuck Hagel official photo.jpg|82x82px]]
|[[Chuck Hagel]]
|U.S. Senator from [[Nebraska]] (1997-2009)
|-
|[[File:MelissaHartCongress.jpg|76x76px]]
|[[Melissa Hart (politician)|Melissa Hart]]
|Senator from [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 40|Pennsylvania's 40th State Senate District]] (1991-2001)
Republican nominee for [[Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district|Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District]]
|-
|[[File:Dennis Hastert 109th pictorial photo.jpg|72x72px]]
|[[Dennis Hastert]]
|51st [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (1999-2007)
Leader of the [[House Republican Conference]] (1999-2007)

U.S. Congressman from [[Illinois's 14th congressional district|IL-14]] (1987-2007)
|-
|[[File:Dwayne Johnson at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|78x78px]]
|[[Dwayne Johnson]]
|Wrestler (1996-2004; 2013-2019; 2023-present)
Actor (1999-present)
|-
|
|[[Lorrie Morgan]]
|Musician (1972-present)
|-
|[[File:Trent Lott official portrait (3x4a).jpg|78x78px]]
|[[Trent Lott]]
|U.S. Senator from [[Mississippi]] (1989-2007)

[[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Leader]] (1995-2001)
|-
|[[File:Suemyrick.jpg|72x72px]]
|[[Sue Myrick]]
|U.S. Congresswoman from [[North Carolina's 9th congressional district|NC-09]] (1995-2013)
|-
|
|[[Jim Nicholson (American politician)|Jim Nicholson]]
|Chair of the [[Republican National Committee]] (1997-2001)
|-
|[[File:Nancy Reagan (47327455711).jpg|83x83px]]
|[[Nancy Reagan]]
|Former [[First Lady of the United States]] (1981-1989)
|-
|[[File:Richard Riordan, 1997.jpg|78x78px]]
|[[Richard Riordan|Richard J. Riordan]]
|Mayor of [[Los Angeles]] (1993-2001)
|-
|[[File:Rick Schroder (cropped).jpg|88x88px]]
|[[Ricky Schroder|Rick Schroder]]
|Actor (1976-2016)
|-
|[[File:Ben Stein 2011.jpg|83x83px]]
|[[Ben Stein]]
|Writer and Lawyer (1970-present)
Actor and comedian (1986-present)
|-
|
|[[Connie Stevens]]
|Actress and singer (1957-present)
|-
|[[File:Tommy_Thompson_1_(3x4)_a.jpg|78x78px]]
|[[Tommy Thompson]]
|42nd [[Governor of Wisconsin]] (1987-2001)
|-
|
|Tom Patrick Waring
|Editor of the [[Northeast Times]]
|-
|[[File:JC._Watts.jpg|72x72px]]
|[[J. C. Watts]]
|U.S. Congressman from [[Oklahoma's 4th congressional district|OK-04]] (1995-2003)
|-
|[[File:Hank212.JPG|88x88px]]
|[[Hank Williams Jr.]]
|Singer-songwriter and musician (1963-present)
Son of famous singer-songwriter [[Hank Williams]] [1923-1953]
|-
|[[File:BruceWillis2002 (cropped).jpg|73x73px]]
|[[Bruce Willis]]
|Actor (1980-2022)
|-
|[[File:Steve Young (6837509849) (cropped).jpg|69x69px]]
|[[Steve Young]]
|[[National Football League|NFL]] Athlete 
|}

== Public reception ==
In July 1999, the LGBT+ community of Philadelphia held two protests on July 29 and 30. They did this in objection to Philadelphia hosting the Republican National Convention.<ref>August 1–7, 1999. Philadelphia Gay News, 1999, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</ref> The protests resulted in the arrest of over 300 people.<ref name=":0" />

The initial protest was not target to the Republican Party specifically, rather, it was a call to change from both Republican and Democratic parties. The protesters felt that both political parties for the most part, ignored the needs and issues surrounding the LGBT community.<ref name=":0">August 8–14, 1999. Philadelphia Gay News, 1999, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</ref>

==See also==
*[[2000 Republican Party presidential primaries]]
*[[History of the Republican Party (United States)]]
*[[List of Republican National Conventions]]
*[[United States presidential nominating convention]]
*[[2000 Democratic National Convention]]
*[[2000 United States presidential election]]
*[[George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25954 George W. Bush's nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC] (transcript) at ''The American Presidency Project''
*[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25849 Republican Party platform of 2000] at ''The American Presidency Project''
*[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] [[NewsHour with Jim Lehrer|Online NewsHour]]: [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/election2000/gopconvention/ Republican Convention 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105051629/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/election2000/gopconvention/ |date=2013-11-05 }}, archive including transcripts, analysis, interviews, photographs, and streaming audio/video.
*[[CNN]] AllPolitics: [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/ Republican Convention 2000], archived facts, news, speech transcripts, party platform, and links
*Rocca, Mo. [http://www.newsweek.com/id/85681 Report From Philly: What's Wrong With Rabble Rousing? A Correspondent For "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" Tried His Best To Ruffle Feathers At The Convention. A Web Exclusive By Mo Rocca]. Newsweek.com. Aug 14, 2000.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl7yv7BNHsk Video of Bush nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC (via YouTube)]
*[http://convert2mp3.net/en/index.php?p=tags&id=youtube_Cl7yv7BNHsk&key=Jwoqii4Zdsuy Audio of Bush nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC]{{Dead link|date=October 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQsNkWvnwzQ Video of Cheney nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at RNC (via YouTube)]
*[http://convert2mp3.net/en/index.php?p=tags&id=youtube_mQsNkWvnwzQ&key=ISOJP0Ef7KFR Audio of Cheney nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at RNC]{{Dead link|date=October 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/text-of-dick-cheneys-speech/ Transcript of Cheney nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at RNC]

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